“Seaweed is rich in vitamins and minerals, which absorb easily into hair making it shine,” says Suki Duggan, owner of Donsuki Townhouse Salon on the Upper East Side, where they use their own line of sea-inspired shampoos and sprays to compliment styles like the mermaid look. “It also has amazing cleansing properties to counteract the effects of chemicals from other products or chlorine.”
Here’s a pool of other hair-raising oceanic products.
Donsuki Level 8 Seaweed shampoo, $15; Donsuki Townhouse Salon, 212-826-3397
– Contains: Seaweed extract
– The seaweed extract in this shampoo removals oil and strips hair clean of the build-up, leaving it light, clean and ready to style.
Depth “Immerse” Daily conditioner, $10; lifesvigor.com
– Contains: Sea lettuce, seaweed and giant kelp extract
– The foundation for any style is clean, healthy hair. The marine extracts in this conditioner moisturize hair without weighing it down.
Sedu “Beach Beauty” sea salt spray, $8.99; folica.com
– Contains: Sea salt
– Sedu’s sea salt spray is like a vacation on your dresser: It contains sea salt and smells like coconut for that tropical beach feel, with the added benefits of light conditioning oils.
Kusco-Murphy Beach Hair, $35; bigelowchemists.com
– Contains: Algae extracts
– This texturizing paste from eco-conscious Aussie
company Kusco-Murphy works easily into damp or dry hair for sexy, messy texture and UV protection, and smells alluringly of summertime with hints of sunscreen and lemon.
Umi Foam, $27.50; b-glowing.com
– Contains: Dead Sea saltwater
– This volumizing foam uses mineral-rich water from the Dead Sea to thicken each individual strand of hair for that tousled beachy look without that sticky, crunchy feeling.
Ecru Marine styling balm, $24; ecrunewyork.com
– Contains: Seaweed and algae extracts
– Different from a gel, which hardens onto the hair and
becomes brittle, this styling balm makes hair more elastic using extract from the cell walls of seaweed.
Frederic Fekkai Zero Humidity Frizz Control, $23; sephora.com
– Contains: Sea algae extract
– Fekkai’s weightless mist is the perfect beach accessory to help calm summer frizz. The sea algae extract seals the hair cuticle for sleek strands.